Origin Africa : a natural history
Origin Africa is a unique introduction to the natural history and evolution of the most misrepresented continent on Earth. Celebrated evolutionary biologist and artist Jonathan Kingdon, a leading expert on the natural history of Africa, tells this extraordinary story as no one else can. Featuring a...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2023.
Paris : Cyberlibris |
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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Couverture. https://static2.cyberlibris.com/books_upload/136pix/9780691249032.jpg Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2023 Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Histoire |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Origin Africa, a natural history, Jonathan Kingdon, [1st edition], 2023, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1 volume (vii-472 pages), 978-0-691-22853-2 |
| Résumé: | Origin Africa is a unique introduction to the natural history and evolution of the most misrepresented continent on Earth. Celebrated evolutionary biologist and artist Jonathan Kingdon, a leading expert on the natural history of Africa, tells this extraordinary story as no one else can. Featuring a wealth of photographs and illustrations, the book is both a visual and narrative feast. Africa is the richest continent, containing every habitat from desert to tropical forest and the widest range of plants and animals found anywhere. It has experienced extraordinary climate fluctuations, meteor bombardment, and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions. Yet life has not only survived but evolved almost countless species. One group of primates evolved out of this crucible and moved out of Africa to dominate every continent on Earth. Africa has properties that ensure that most of human evolution couldn't have occurred anywhere else. A fascinating story told as never before, Origin Africa chronicles how the natural conditions of Africa enabled a spectacular evolution of plants and animals, including Homo sapiens |
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| Description: | Couverture. https://static2.cyberlibris.com/books_upload/136pix/9780691249032.jpg Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2023 Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Histoire |
| Bibliographie: | Bibliogr. p. 457-458. Index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691249032 |
| Accès: | L'accès en ligne est réservé aux établissements ou bibliothèques ayant souscrit l'abonnement. Cyberlibris |